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A prominent Emirati businesswoman has made a Dh5 million donation to the Emirates Foundation for Youth Development.

The gift by Muna Al Gurg, a director at the retail and construction company Al Gurg Group, was welcomed by Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, the UAE’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

Writing on Twitter, he thanked her for the generous sum and said her actions served as a model for others to emulate.

“Muna Al Gurg’s donation to the Emirates Foundation for Youth Development is a good example of businessmen and women's generosity and their investment in social welfare programmes and youth empowerment", Sheikh Abdullah said.

Ms Al Gurg retweeted Sheikh Abdullah’s post, saying “what we offer is of no value compared to what the nation has bestowed upon us.

“We are being grateful to this benevolent land, especially when we remember this year, The Year of Zayed, the founding father,” she said.